Rest position
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This is the beginning of a piano score:
What is the correct position of the rest in the last measure? Is it in place or should I move it to the lower staff?
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A matter of taste and personal preference I'd say
In reply to A matter of taste and… by Jojo-Schmitz
I've seen both.
In reply to I've seen both. by mike320
Thanks. Actually I don’t quite like either option.
In reply to Thanks. Actually I don’t… by sergeresko
If you mean you prefer the rest to be invisible I've seen that once or twice but I don't like that. It looks like a mistake.
In reply to Thanks. Actually I don’t… by sergeresko
I'm inclined to agree, neither is very satisfactory, and in this case this suggests to me maybe the whole way this is set up as cross-staff notation might not have been the best choice to begin with. Is the intent to suggest two notes played with one hand and one with the other? It's not 100% obvious which you hand you mean the "E" to be played with, but if it's the RH, I'd probably just use ledger lines on the top staff personally.
If you make the clef of the top staff also F, this question will not be necessary.
And the F-clef in the upper staff will do its job until the 6/8 arrives.
Mark Sabatella, the E is played with the left hand. I tried to indicate this by placing it on the lower staff and putting the fingering below the note.
mike320, I didn’t mean invisible. I was just saying that both options have drawbacks.
In option (a) the rest isn’t on the same staff as the following note of the same beat, and the lower staff looks strange without a rest.
Option (b) looks better, but there’s no rest on the upper staff although the right hand rests for the duration of an eighth.
Ziya Mete Demircan, yes, the bass clef for the upper staff would help to avoid cross-staff notation but it would require to explicitly indicate the hand as in (c).
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In reply to Mark Sabatella, the E is… by sergeresko
Play with your right hand, not too far, within reach. :)
In reply to Play with your right hand,… by Ziya Mete Demircan
Nah. :)
I’d like to find the means to notate it the way I play and not tweak my playing according to what I can notate.
In reply to Nah. :) I’d like to find the… by sergeresko
To be serious: This is a matter of personal preference. It can be written in many ways. I don't think there is a definitive solution or rule to this.